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CYANE (18) Built in 1796, Frindsbury.
CERF in 1805.
Sold in 1809.

  • R. MANNING, 06/1796. Henry MATSON, 01/1799, West Indies.
  • 1800 Ditto, Jamaica.
  • On 9 February 1801 CYANE was in company with DAPHNE, Richard MATSON, off Guadaloupe when the saw some coasters inshore being escorted by a French schooner. Lieut. PEACHY of CYANE and Lieut. MACKENZIE of DAPHNE went in the boats but, as they approached, the enemy vessels moved under cover of the batteries at Basseterre except for one which anchored near the Vieux fort and was taken by MACKENZIE during the night.
    In the morning the schooner was sighted at anchor at Trois Rivieres where she was protected by three batteries. At sunrise on the 18th the two Lieutenants with 30 men ran the schooner on board and, after fifteen minutes hard fighting, they succeeded in bringing her out under heavy fire. The French captain, his two Lieutenants and six of his men were wounded, one man was killed and two drowned. The schooner was the ECLAIR, capable of carrying twelve 6-pounders and twenty brass swivels. At the time of her capture she was going to Pointe Petre to complete her armament, having left Rochefort with only four brass 4-pounders and twenty small guns. She was taken into the Royal Navy under the command of Lieut. MACKENZIE.
  • 1803 Murray MAXWELL, 12/1802, Barbados.
    CYANE formed part of Commodore HOOD's squadron at the reduction of St. Lucia on 22 June 1803.
  • 1803 Joseph NOURSE, 06/1803.
    On 2 January 1804 he recaptured an English Guinea trader which had been taken by privateers and in the following six weeks he took three French privateers carrying 30 guns and 236 men between them.
    NOURSE was promoted out of CYANE in April 1804.
  • 1805 Hon. George CADOGAN, West Indies.
    She was captured on 12 May 1805 by the French L'HORTENSE and L'HERMIONE and recaptured off Tobago on 5 October 1805 by Capt. George TOBIN in PRINCESS CHARLOTTE (38) and renamed CERF because a new 22-gun CYANE was in service.
  • 1806 Deptford.


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